I Have FINALLY Moved the Journey to WordPress Self Hosted!

June 13, 2013
/ Blogging
/ By Jacob A Irwin
/ 26 COMMENTS

Happy Thursday everyone!

As you can see, the layout of the site looks a little different today.

The reason?

I finally set aside all of my excuses and have moved My Personal Finance Journey from Blogger (where I’ve been for 3+ years) to WordPress Self Hosted. I’m using the Genesis Framework with the News Child Theme and very much like it so far!

Anyhow, this is just a quick post to humbly request that you bare with me for a few days while I get the kinks worked out on the new hosting platform. After that, I expect to be back in full force with a more reader-friendly platform that gives all of us better functionality.

How about you all? What blogging platform do you use?

If you’re on WordPress, what theme do you use?

Talk to you soon!

-Jacob

***Photo courtesy of wikimedia.org

About the Author Jacob A Irwin

Hi folks! My name is Jacob. I am the owner and operator of My Personal Finance Journey. I started this blog in January of 2010 and have enjoyed the journey ever since. Since finishing up graduate school in Virginia in 2014, I have been working in biopharmaceutical development in Colorado. You can read more about me and this site here. Please contact me if you have any questions!

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Michael @ The Student Loan Sherpa says:

June 16, 2013 at 4:11 pm

The new wordpress looks great! Has it made a difference from an SEO perspective?
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Jacob A Irwin says:

June 18, 2013 at 5:43 pm

Thanks for stopping by Michael. Glad you like the new look. I wanted to have a cleaner look, but not completely change the entire site feel.

I think it might be too soon to tell on the SEO right now since it’s only been a week. However, the good thing is that I think I was able to make the transition without losing too many of my links or having any downtime.
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Zack says:

June 14, 2013 at 12:46 am

Site looks great! I have been using Genesis for years and love it. You’re going to be really happy with the switch. If you need any quick tips, shoot me an email!

Jacob A Irwin says:

June 14, 2013 at 6:51 am

Thanks Zack! One question I did have was – how do you change the font size in posts? Do you need a plugin for that?
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- Zack says:
  
  June 17, 2013 at 2:12 pm
  
  Jacob, you’ll want to go into you style.css file. That’s on the left side of your dashboard under appearance. Then search for “content” and you’ll see a piece of CSS code for your font-size. You are currently at 13px. Bump that up or down however many (probably 1-2 PX) px you want to change the size. Hope that helps!
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  - Jacob A Irwin says:
    
    June 18, 2013 at 5:41 pm
    
    Thanks for sharing how to do that Zack, good reference!
    
    I was actually wanting to have (if it’s possible) the ability to have multiple fonts in a post as I am generating/writing it. Is that possible? Or, is the font set on a site-wide basis with Genesis?
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rjack (Mr. Asset Allocation) says:

June 13, 2013 at 9:38 pm

I’ve also been using wordpress. Your new site looks great!!!
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Jacob A Irwin says:

June 14, 2013 at 6:50 am

Very nice rjack! Glad you like the new layout. Which wordpress theme are you using?
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Sustainable Tips says:

June 13, 2013 at 3:18 pm

Looks great jacoB!

Jacob A Irwin says:

June 13, 2013 at 3:50 pm

Thanks Jeff! I’m glad it’s coming together!
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Becca @ The Academic Wino says:

June 13, 2013 at 4:46 pm

Welcome to the WordPress club 😉
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Jacob A Irwin says:

June 14, 2013 at 6:49 am

Thanks fiance! It’s about time! 🙂
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John S @ Frugal Rules says:

June 13, 2013 at 3:52 pm

Congrats Jacob, the site looks great!
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Jacob A Irwin says:

June 13, 2013 at 3:56 pm

Thanks for reading as always John! Do you have any favorite plugins that I need to make sure to get? It’s a little overwhelming how many of them there are!
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Debt Blag says:

June 13, 2013 at 2:41 pm

I’m surprised you were able to stick it out. I went two months on blogspot before the limited widget support, and the forced integration with Google+ really got to me and convinced me to head to WordPress.org
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Jacob A Irwin says:

June 13, 2013 at 3:50 pm

Thanks for reading Debt Blag! Yeah I had done A TON of manual manipulations to Blogger to customize it to my needs. I probably should have just switched a long time ago!
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Irfan says:

June 13, 2013 at 1:05 pm

Congratz Jacob. The theme is simple and looking cool 🙂 I am still stucked in blogger, will do the transition to wordpress soon.
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Jacob A Irwin says:

June 13, 2013 at 3:51 pm

Glad to hear you’re thinking about it Ifran! How many posts do you have? One thing I’ve learned is that if you can do the switch earlier, it’s definitely better!
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Pauline says:

June 13, 2013 at 12:14 pm

Congrats it looks great!

Jacob A Irwin says:

June 13, 2013 at 12:17 pm

Thanks Pauline! It’s amazing how many spam comments I’m getting with WordPress compared to when I used Intense Debate.

What plugin do you recommend to control some that? Akismet?

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Matt Becker says:

June 13, 2013 at 11:42 am

Congrats on the switch! The site looks good. I just moved over to self-hosted wordpress about a month ago, and after a rough couple of days it’s worked out great.

Jacob A Irwin says:

June 13, 2013 at 11:59 am

Thanks Matt! I’ve still got quite a few things to tweak, but the major content/links/etc are finished.

What theme do you use?

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- Matt Becker says:
  
  June 13, 2013 at 1:06 pm
  
  I’m using Weaver II. It was pretty easy to setup, but my site design leaves a TON to be desired. That’s definitely on my list of things to figure out someday. When someday will come? That’s a good question.
  
  Also, I saw your question to Pauline, and figured I’d let you know that I get no spam with Disqus. I know people have mixed feelings about it, but it’s been great for me.
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  - Jacob A Irwin says:
    
    June 13, 2013 at 3:52 pm
    
    Thanks for sharing about the spam Matt. I had Disqus a while back, and found it a little cumbersome. I’m actually doing pretty well now that I just added the little box at the bottom that says “check here if you have a pulse :)” haah
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Michelle says:

June 13, 2013 at 10:06 am

I’m so glad that you finally made the switch! 🙂

Jacob A Irwin says:

June 13, 2013 at 10:08 am

Thanks Michelle! I think it will good for everyone all around!

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